Route: New York to AtlantaPlane: B737-900Date: 29 Aug, 2025Price: $209.78 including a previous flight from Ottawa Comfort: The large armchairs had plenty of storage space, including a cubby for a laptop, empty cups and a granite surface for drinks. The seat had adequate recline for a nap, but there was Read more
Route: Ottawa to New YorkPlane: E175Date: 29 Aug, 2025Price: $209.78 including an onward flight to Atlanta Comfort: The economy class seats on Ember aircraft are usually slightly wider than on the B737 and A320 as it’s only 2-2 instead of 3-3, so the 1-2 first class seat width isn’t a Read more
This free-admission museum in uptown Charlotte only features temporary exhibitions. It focuses on post-Civil War racial justice issues to the modern day. The exhibition I saw was on climates of inequality about how climate change disproportionately affects poorer people and racial minorities. The government forced racial segregation by redlining zones Read more
Harvey Bernard Gantt was the first black student at Clemson University, the first black mayor of Charlotte where this center is and became an architect after completing a graduate degree at MIT. The center has three temporary exhibits that rotate out about every three months. Nearly all the works are Read more
The largest city in North Carolina was named after King George III’s wife, giving it the name Queen City, but the state capital is two hours away in Raleigh. It’s most well-known for being the home of NASCAR and the Charlotte Speedway. But the true reason why Charlotte is so Read more
It’s the only museum worth visiting in Greensboro is pretty good. The third floor has an exhibit on the relationship between freedom and democracy, with a focus on the Civil Rights Movement. It also has a mock-up town square with historical buildings around it showing how people lived during Taft’s Read more
I was excited to visit the International Civil Rights Museum, but it’s a waste of time if you ask me. The whole thing takes two hours and most of it is a guided tour or video of a guided tour, the contents of which you could watch at home on Read more
It’s a small museum in Mount Airy, NC about actor Andrew Griffith’s life. He grew up in the town and filmed the Andy Griffith Show here, which is where Mayberry is based on. It’s mostly on the Andy Griffith Show with the original courthouse signs, desk, and clothes, but there Read more
I like to imagine this is what the children of Mayberry, like Opie, would have learned. They would’ve learned about hunters on horseback, early settlers coming by wagon train and 18th-century wars. The museum spans three floors of the building with a model railroad in the back room. The railroad Read more
The famous TV show The Andy Griffith Show was shot here. It had been ten years since I first watched the show and had wanted to visit. It’s a shame that Main Street is flanked by tourist traps and souvenir stores. I would’ve paid money to see a recreated street Read more